To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency responses, focusing on increasing capabilities, expediting threat mitigation and improving casualty outcomes, a successful Active ...

When many Ohioans call 911, the people who show up to help in their darkest hours are volunteers, armed with as little as 36 ...

K9 units in Jacksonville are undergoing advanced disaster response training with Texas Task Force 1 to enhance search and ...

Christian Brown and Jeffrey Mondo tell how basic trench rescue training of firefighters serves as a force multiplier for technical rescue teams. Making the lip on the trench safe and placing/moving ...

Pennsylvania Urban Search and Rescue Strike Task Force 1 Leader Brian Kokkila discusses the process of obtaining a higher accreditation at the Fire Bureau Headquarters. Dogs that can sniff out people ...

After Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed into a ravine one snowy morning in 2022, it took hours before authorities could confirm that no one had been killed or trapped beneath the rubble.

Two firefighters from the Sonoma County Fire District were part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s California Task ...

The Cosumnes Fire Department is celebrating a historic first for the department. Captain Justin Quarisa and his K-9 partner, Ruffles, have become nationally certified as a live find canine search team ...

While the Northstate experienced significant flooding and rescues in December, Cal Fire Butte County reports five dynamic and ...